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School: Crowenstown

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Crowinstown Little, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
M. Ní Bhriain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0724, Page 358

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    In the Summer time when the elder bushes are young and green boys cut them and make guns from them.
    One of the thickest of them is got and a hole is bored through the centre of it. Then a little thin stick is put into the hole down through the centre and when the thin stick is pushed the object placed in the hole shoots out.
    Snares
    To make a snare. Get four or five
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Heffernan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Delvin, Co. Westmeath